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The Greatest Risk is Not Taking One
 
   
  Quotes from some famous personalities whom I adore:
   
  Philosopher and Thinker -- Swami Vivekananda [1863-1902]
   
 

(1) Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

(2) In judging others we always judge them by our own ideals. That is not as it should be. Everyone must be judged according to his own ideal, and not by that of anyone else.

(3) It is our own mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thoughts make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light.
 
   
  Scientist -- Albert Einstein [1879-1955]
   
 

(1) Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.

(2) If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it ?".

(3) When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
   
  Freedom Fighter -- Netaji Subhash Chandrabose [1897- ????]
 

Founder of Indian National Army
 

(1) When I say war, I mean war - war to the finish - a war that can only end in Freedom of India.

(2) Give me blood and I will give you freedom.

(3) There is no power on earth that can keep India enslaved. India shall be free and before long.
   
  Emperor -- Napoleon Bonaparte [1769-1821]
   
 

(1) Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people.

(2) Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go on.

(3) Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
   
  Writer -- Helen Keller [1880-1968]
   
 

(1) When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

(2) Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

(3) Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
   
  Humanitarian -- Mother Teresa [1910-1997]
   
 

(1) I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much.

(2) It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.

(3) We sometimes feel that what we do is just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
   
  Comedian --- Sir Charlie Chaplin [1889-1977]
   
 

(1) Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

(2) Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

(3) A day without laughter is a day wasted.

   
  Sportsmen -- Pete Sampras [1971]
   
 

(1) The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.

(2) I play for history and that is my motivation.

(3) I put so much emphasis on the majors. I measure my year by how well I do by looking at them, and the more that I have won over the years, the more I want to win. And when it's all said and done, it's not the fame or the money, it's what I've done in the game, and that's to win the major tournaments.
   
  Entrepreneur -- Dhirubhai Ambani [1932-2001]
   
 

(1) Think big, think fast, think ahead. Ideas are no one's monopoly.

(2) Our dreams have to be bigger. Our ambitions higher. Our commitment deeper. And our efforts greater. This is my dream for Reliance and for India.

(3) Meeting the deadlines is not good enough, beating the deadlines is my expectation.